OpenStreetMap logo OpenStreetMap

Changeset When Comment
161866555 6 months ago

Hi,
As this relation didn’t have a name, I tried to find a suitable name for it. This relation is meant to show the borders of the West Bank when it was annexed by Jordan, and not the West Bank in general or today. Thus, I decided to call it «Jordanian West Bank» just to distinguish the two. There are probably better names though.
Regrds,

158464776 8 months ago

I do agree that the population seems low, especially when compared to estimates of current population. But that's the number provided in the 2004 census, the most recent census conducted in Syria I believe. Either the authorities used a more conservative definition of the city's borders giving lower number, or the city grew at a rapid pace in the last 20 years. Whatever it is, I have no more detailed and confirmed number other than the one I used. Others, while they might reflect the current reality better, are just estimates. If you, or others, disagree with me and prefer to use a more recent estimate, I won't stop them. I just used what I thought was the most recent good data we have.

146667590 over 1 year ago

As a Syrian, I agree 5000%, but I believe the borders in OSM reflect the de facto borders and not the de jure. That’s why I made a relation with the legal borders of Syria.

142859807 almost 2 years ago

Hi,
I'll try to be more detailed from now on. The changes I made were matching the border to the border wall between the two countriea, and I just used the aerial map. It's a minor change but makes the border slightly more accurate.
If you are suspecting that my edit has something to do with the mess in the East Mediterranean coasts, then no, it wasn't my doing.